French participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Facts

• France has come first 5 times: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969 and 1977
• The lowest French score (after 1975 (see below) was 3 in 1998, but they still didn't come last
• The highest score was 147 in 1996

Results

YEAR - SONG TITLE (TRANSLATION) - ARTIST - POINTS - RANK

1956 - Il est là (it is there) - Danny Dauberson - 0 - NA

1956 - Le temps perdu (wasted time) - Mathé Altèry - 0 - NA

1957 - La belle amour (beautiful love) - Paul Desjardins - 17 - 2/10

1958 - Dors, mon amour (sleep, my love) - André Claveau - 27 - 1/10

1959 - Oui, oui, oui, oui (yes yes yes yes) - Jacques Phillipe - 15 - 3/11

1960 - Tom Pillibi - Jacqueline Boyer - 32 - 1/13

1961 - Printemps (spring) - Jean Paul Mauric - 13 - 4/16

1962 - Un premier amour (a first love) - Isabelle Aubret - 26 - 1/16

1963 - Elle était si jolie (it was so pretty) - Alain Barrière - 25 - 5/16

1964 - Le chant de Mallory (song of Mallory)- Rachel - 14 - 4/16

1965 - N'avoue jamais (never acknowledge) - Guy Mardel - 22 - 3/18

1966 - Chez nous (on our premises) - Dominique Walter - 1 - 16/18

1967 - Il doit faire beau là-bas (the weather must be nice over there) - Noël Cordier - 20 - 3/17

1968 - La source (the source) - Isabelle Aubret - 20 - 3/17

1969 - Un jour, un enfant (one day a child) - Frida Boccara - 18 - 1/16

1970 - Marie Blanche - Guy Bonnet - 8 - 4/12

1971 - Un jardin sur la terre (a garden on the ground) - Serge Lama - 82 - 10/18

1972 - Come ... comédie (come ... comedy) - Betty Mars - 81 - 11/18

1973 - Sans toi (without you) - Martine Clemenceau - 65 - 16/17

1974 -

1975 - Et bonjour à toi l'artiste (and hello to you the artist) - Nicole Rieu - 91 - 4/19

1976 - Un, deux, trois (one two three) - Cathérine Ferry - 147 - 2/18

1977 - L'oiseau et l'enfant (the bird and the child) - Marie Myriam - 36 - 1/18

1978 - Il y aura toujours des violons (there always will be violins) - Joël Prevost - 119 - 3/20

1979 - Je suis l'enfant soleil (I am the sun child) - Anne Marie David - 106 - 3/19

1980 - Hé, hé, m'sieurs dames (ha, ha, Mr Injuries) - Profil - 45 - 11/19

1981 - Humanahum - Jean Gabilou - 125 - 3/20

1982 -

1983 - Vivre (to live) - Guy Bonnet - 56 - 8/20

1984 - Autant d'amoureux que d'itoiles (as many with love as with) - Annick Thoumazeau - 61 - 8/19

1985 - Femmes dans ses rêves aussi (women in its dreams too) - Roger Bens - 56 - 10/19

1986 - Européennes (european) - Cocktail chic - 13 - 17/20

1987 - Les mots d'amour n'ont pas dimanche (the words of love do not have Sunday) - Christine Minier - 44 - 14/22

1988 - Chanteur de charme (crooner) - Gérard Lenorman - 64 - 10/21

1989 - J'ai volé la vie (I stole the life) - Nathalie Pâque - 60 - 8/22

1990 - White and black blues - Joëlle Ursull - 132 - 2/22

1991 - C'est le dernien qui a parlé a raison (it is the last which is spoke right) - Amina - 146 - 2/22

1992 - Monté la riviè (assembled the) - Kali - 73 - 8/23

1993 - Mama corsica - Patrick Fiari - 121 - 4/25

1994 - Je suis un vrai garcon (I am a true boy) - Nina Morato - 71 - 7/25

1995 - Il me donne rendez vous (it gives me return) - Nathalie Santamaria - 94 - 4/23

1996 - Que naissant les enfants (that being born child) - Dan Ar Braz , Karen Matheson & Elain Morgan - 18 - 19/23

1997 - Sentiments, songes (feelings, dreams) - Fanny - 95 - 7/25

1998 - Ou aller (with the outward journey) - Marie Line - 3 - 24/25

1999 - Je veux donner ma voix (I want to give my voice) - Nayah - 14 - 19/23

2000 - On aura le ciel (they will be the sky) - Sofia Mesfary - 5 - 23/24

2001 - Je ne qu'une âme (I that a heart) - Natasha Saint-Pierre - 14 - 4/23

2002 - Il fait du temps (it be some time) - Sandrine Franoisse - 104 - 5/24

2003 - Monts et merveilles (mountains and wonders) - Louisa - 19 - 18/26

2004 - Laissez-moi le temps (leave me time) - Joatan Cerrada - 40 - 15/24

NOTE: The scoring system was changed in 1975, which means that the scores beforehand look low compared to the current ones.

External Links

French Eurovision site